Challenges and pressure persist, but the meat and poultry industry has emerged from the post-Covid era with plenty of opportunities to innovate and improve.

Organic snack bites; gluten-free cookie dough; salad kits; frozen fruit lollies; kosher hot dogs; tropical-flavored milk.

Proteins are still hot, so R&D continues to improve protein ingredients, even creating new ones.

The rapidly evolving technology can solve problems with supply chain, environmental changes and sustainability, while also creating novel ingredients.

The Acheson Group says the new administration might be the best shot ever at a single food safety agency; keep an eye on chemical additives being talked about and think how you...